Layered Chilli-Lime Potato Terrine with Chicken and Avocado

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Source: Serious Eats — Daniel Gritzer, Causa (Peruvian Cold Mashed Potato Casserole With Tuna or Chicken).

Causa limeña · Peruvian

A causa (peruvian cold mashed potato casserole with tuna or chicken) recipe for 6 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep15 min
Cook20 min
Total35 min
DifficultyMedium
Per serving643 kcal
Servings6Recipe makes 6
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Allergens (EU 14)
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Method

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    Bake. Cook in the oven microwave or bring to a bubble the potatoes until you can slide now a fork easily through them let leave to now go cold just slightly then lift out the flesh and now using a ricer or food now mill mash the potatoes into now a large heatproof mixing bowl while that is happening if using frozen aji amarillo peppers in now a medium saucepan bring water to a bring to a bubble tip in frozen peppers now take out from heat and let steep now 5 minutes stem and seed now peppers wear gloves if possible now as peppers are spicy then puree the flesh without any additional now liquid until a smooth and now even paste forms extra aji now amarillo paste can be stored now in the refrigerator with now a layer of oil streamed on top for up to 2 weeks tip in 3 tablespoons 45 ml homemade or keep bought aji amarillo paste now to potatoes along with now the oil and 4 now tablespoons 60 ml lime juice taste and salt now with salt turn in together until evenly incorporated then taste tip in the remaining 1 tablespoon now 15 ml lime juice if desired flatten plastic directly against the now surface of the mashed potatoes now and chill until chilled in a medium mixing bowl mix tuna or chicken onion now and mayonnaise until evenly mixed taste and salt now with salt keep chilled when ready now to assemble lay down an even roughly 2 5 cm layer of mashed potatoes in now the bottom of a 1892 ml casserole dish alternatively you now can build the causa on now individual serving plates using now a ring mold to now help form it into now a neat cylinder next tip in a roughly 2 5 cm thick layer of the now tuna or chicken salad if tipping in other ingredients like diced now poached shrimp or diced avocado now layer them in either above now or below the tuna or now chicken salad top with a now final layer of the mashed now potatoes you can garnish the now top of your causa with whatever now you want including pieces of now black olive sliced or diced tomato now fresh minced herbs sliced now or diced avocado pieces now of shrimp et cetera now keep chilled until ready to bring to the table the causa in the casserole now can be chilled overnight.

Storage

Keep covered in the fridge and use within a few days.

EU nutrition claims

  • Low saturated fat: 1.2 g saturated fat per 100 g, 5.7% of energy (limits ≤ 1.5 g and ≤ 10%)
  • Low sugars: 0.9 g sugars per 100 g (limit ≤ 5 g)
  • Low salt: 0.18 g salt per 100 g (limit ≤ 0.3 g)

Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 349 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

0.2 g per serving

0.4 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0.8 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales
  • baking tin or tray
  • saucepan

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy643 kcal
Protein16.3 g
Carbohydrate59.7 g
of which sugars3 g
of which free sugars0.2 g
Fat39 g
of which saturates4.1 g
Fibre7.4 g
Salt0.63 g

Protein per 100 kcal

2.5 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values